Posted: 6/24/2005 3:36:18 PM EDT
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ESPN was wondering today...What's going on? Chicks screaming when they hit the ball. Whatever happened to girls being quiet and that's that? Heh. So what? Let the girls go! The only time we'll have "equality" I think, is when chicks are taught to win the way guys are. I'm of the belief winning comes from deep inside, and, you can't be worried about manners. My little leauge coach said: "Son. You're fat. You have an arm and that's why you are playing 3rd. You can't hit worth a fuck. How come you cna't put that fat around the ball? You play good D, and, that's the only reason you play. These other knuckleheads can't phsically field a ball." And, I'm relativly undamaged by that. Imagine a chick getting that. She'd be scanalized. If it's equality you want, watch out! |
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I haven't (seriously) watched tennis since Chris Evert and Martina NAVRATILOVA retired.... The women on women's tennis MAY be hot... dunno, all I know is they are FAR too young ... so just not interested. (and I COULD be wrong, but, the few points I HAVE seen do NOT impress me like Chris and/or Martina.... <shrug> Gotta laugh though... I was listening to one of Suzanne Westenhoffer's (lesbian comedian) CD on the way home tonight from the gay Pride Parade festivities... she has this bit where she's expressing how much she LIKES Martina... one of the comments she made was wanting to "lick that vein that runs up her forearm... 
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sport.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=676302005 Maria Sharapova, the 18-year-old Russian defending champion, is the loudest, with her grunts reaching 100 decibels. Picture: Getty Verbal volley over racket made by grunting women MICHAEL BLACKLEY Key points • Wimbledon's leading referee claims players are deliberately grunting • Counter-grunt culture has emerged, where players mimic opponent's noises • Noises of some players can reach up to 100 decibels Key quote Officials can only act if the player is shown to be making the noise on purpose, which is virtually impossible to do. As far as I am concerned it is certainly a specific matter that the rule-makers should address." - ALAN MILLS, LEADING REFEREE Story in full WOMEN tennis players are deliberately grunting loudly in an attempt to put off their opponents, Wimbledon's leading referee warned yesterday on the eve of the tournament. Alan Mills, who has worked at the championships for 22 years, said he believes coaches are training women to grunt loudly and he would like to ban those who do it the loudest. But he has admitted there is nothing in the rules to give him this power. Mr Mills, 74, who will be in charge of his last Wimbledon over the next fortnight, said: "I don't like it at all. Today there is probably more grunting than there has ever been. "If I was playing an opponent making so much noise, I think I'd just laugh. But it's what young players are being coached to do. "Many of the non-grunting players are unhappy about the noise pollution and a kind of counter-grunt culture has emerged in recent years, whereby offended parties ape their opponent's noises." Maria Sharapova, the 18-year-old Russian defending champion, is the loudest, with her grunts reaching 100 decibels - roughly the same volume as a small aircraft landing. But Mr Mills said it was very difficult at present for referees to do anything about the problem. He said: "Officials can only act if the player is shown to be making the noise on purpose, which is virtually impossible to do. As far as I am concerned it is certainly a specific matter that the rule-makers should address." The next-loudest grunters are Serena Williams (88 decibels), Venus Williams (85dB), Lindsay Davenport (84dB) and Russia's Elena Bovina (81dB). Several of Sharapova's opponents, most notably Nathalie Dechy, the French number 16 seed at Wimbledon, have expressed their anger at the noise and say that it puts them off their game. During last week's DFS Classic event in Birmingham, Sharapova was asked by an umpire to cut down her grunting. She has said that she finds it difficult to tone down the noise she makes on court, and is embarrassed when she sees and hears herself on television. Whether the noise helps her achieve her success or not, Sharapova is one of the favourites to win the title and retain the championship. Not quite so favoured is Scotland's young hopeful, Elena Baltacha. William Hill rate her as 1,000-1 - making the chance of her winning equal to the likelihood of there being a Second Coming this year. Despite Sharapova's tender years, she is already showing the signs of the prosperity that she has gained, turning up at the All England Club yesterday sporting her new tennis trainers - complete with specks of 18-carat gold on the side. The Siberian-born teenager was possibly referring to the criticism of her grunting when she said of the gold on her new shoes: "It shines unbelievably. Hopefully they can distract my opponents a little." But Dr Ian Cockerill, a sports psychologist, believes that for many players, a grunt or scream happens naturally when they hit the ball and that opponents should be able to block out the noise. But he admits that if the noise is excessive and designed to put off the opponent, it should not be allowed. "It can put people off," he said, "but these are professionals and all kinds of things are par for the course and have to be dealt with." |